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“Anyone can criticize or accept praise, but initiating a positive exchange is a hallmark of a difference maker.”
Source : Scott Berkun (2011). “Mindfire: Big Ideas for Curious Minds”, p.38, BookBaby
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“I'm a very good dishwasher. I'm a terrible cook. I'm an awful cook.”
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“In England, footballers are respected more, the game is more noble, there's less cheating. Every Spaniard who goes loves it - and comes back a better player. If I had ever left, it would have been to England.”
Source : "I'm a romantic, says Xavi, heartbeat of Barcelona and Spain". Interview with Sid Lowe, www.theguardian.com. February 11, 2011. 
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“As the growing emphasis on feelings crowds out reason, facts will play a smaller role in public discourse.”
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“What's so noble about being dead?”
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“If every planet in the Patriarchy refused to be ruled, we all would be free.”
Source : Joan Slonczewski (2000). “A Door Into Ocean”, p.393, Macmillan
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“Sadness comes, joy comes, and everything passes by. What remains always is the witness. The witness is beyond all polarities.”
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“You know, son, I don't think there's such a thing as an easy life. There's always going to be hard work and there will always be misfortunes we can't control, lurking out at the edges - storms, sickness, wolves. But there is such a thing as a good life and I think that we have one here.”
Source : Jeanne DuPrau (2012). “The Books of Ember Omnibus”, p.625, Random House Books for Young Readers
